Stem أَبْوَٰبَ - Quranic Morphology

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him against his will. And she bolted the doors, and said, ‘Now come.’ He said, ‘I seek refuge with Allah. He is my Lord. He has made my stay with you honourable. Verily, the wrongdoers never prosper.’

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور اُس عورت نے جس کے گھر میں وہ تھا اسے اس کے نفس کے بارہ میں پھسلانے کی کوشش کی اور دروازے بند کر دیئے اور کہا تم میری طرف آؤ۔ اس (یوسف) نے کہا خدا کی پناہ! یقیناً میرا ربّ وہ ہے جس نے میرا ٹھکانا بہت اچھا بنایا۔ یقیناً ظالم کامیاب نہیں ہوا کرتے۔

French

Et celle dans la maison de laquelle il habitait chercha à le séduire contre son gré. Et elle verrouilla les portes, et lui dit : « Viens vers moi. » Il dit : « Je cherche refuge auprès d’Allāh. Il est certainement mon Seigneur. Il a rendu mon séjour auprès de vous honorable. En vérité, les injustes ne prospèrent jamais. »

German

Und sie, in deren Hause er war, suchte ihn zu verführen gegen seinen Willen. Sie verriegelte die Türen und sprach: "Nun komm!" Er sprach: "Ich suche Zuflucht bei Allah. Er ist mein Herr. Er hat meinen Aufenthalt ehrenvoll gemacht. Wahrlich, die Frevler können nicht Erfolg haben."

Chinese

他住处的女 (主) 人关闭了房门, 想与他做违反他的心意的事情, 说: “(到我这里) 来吧!” 他 (尤素夫) 说: “我求安拉保护我 (免于做这样的事)。他确是我的养主, 他使我有一个好的住处。做过度的人绝不会成功。”

Italian

Ma la donna nella cui casa egli abitava cercò di sedurlo contro la sua volontà. E lei sprangò le porte e disse: «Ora vieni.» Egli rispose: «Io cerco il mio rifugio in Allah. Egli è il mio Signore. Egli ha reso onorevole la mia permanenza da te. In verità, i malvagi non prosperano mai.»

Spanish

La mujer en cuya casa estaba, intentó seducirlo contra su voluntad. Cerró las puertas y dijo: “Ven aquí”. Él respondió: “Busco refugio en Al-lah, Él es mi Señor. Él hizo que mi estancia con vosotros fuese digna. En verdad, los malvados nunca prosperan”.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور جس (عورت) کے گھر میں وہ (رہتا) تھا اس نے اس سے اس کی مرضی کے خلاف (ایک) فعل کروانا چاہا۔ اور (اس مکان کے) تمام دروازے بند کر دئیے اور کہا (میری طرف) آجا۔ اس نے کہا (میں ایسا کرنے سے) اللہ کی پناہ (چاہتا ہوں) وہ یقیناً میرا رب ہے۔ اس نے (ہی) میری رہائش کی جگہ اچھی بنائی ہے۔ بات یہی ہے کہ ظالم کامیاب نہیں ہوا کرتے۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce[1370] him against his will. And she bolted the doors, and said, ‘Now come.’[1371] He said, ‘I seek refuge with Allah. He is my Lord.[1372] He has made my stay with you honourable. Verily, the wrongdoers never prosper.’

English - Five Volume Translation

And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him against his will. And she bolted the doors, and said, ‘Now come.’ He said, ‘I seek refuge with Allah. He is my Lord. He has made my stay with you honourable. Verily, the wrongdoers never prosper.’[1527]

Important Words:

راودته (she sought to seduce him). راود is derived from راد which means, he or it came and went; he went to and fro; he was restless; it also means, he sought or desired a thing; راوده means, he endeavoured or sought to turn him to or from a thing. راوده عن الامر means, he endeavoured to turn him by blandishment or by deceitful arts from the thing. راوده علی الامرmeans, he endeavoured to turn him by blandishment, etc., to the thing. The Quranic expression سنراود عنه اباہ means, we will endeavour to turn his father from him by blandishment or artifice and to make him yield him to us; or we will strive to obtain him of his father. So the words راودته عن نفسه would mean, she desired or sought of him a sinful act using blandishment or artifice for that purpose; she tempted him to do the sinful act; she endeavoured to entice him and to make him yield himself to her; more literally, she endeavoured to turn him by blandishment, etc., from his disdainful noncompliance or from his purpose and will. الرود really signifies going about in search of a thing. المراودة means, seeking to make a person do a thing against his will (Lane & Mufradat).

ھیت لك (now come). ھیت is a word of exclamation denoting wonder. The Arabs say ھیت للحلم i.e. what forbearing mildness or clemency! The word is used in the sense of ھلم or تعال or اقبل meaning, "come or come forward." It is also used to signify "hasten" and "set forth journeying." The words therefore mean, "come thou" or "now come." The words also signify, "come, I am ready for thee, or I am ready to receive thee" (Lane & Mufradat).

معاذ الله (I seek refuge with God). معاذ is the noun-infinitive from عاذ. They say عاذ به من کذا i.e. he sought protection by him from that or sought refuge in him from that; or he put his trust in him, or relied upon him, for protection from such a thing. معاذ means, a refuge; a place to which one has recourse for protection or preservation; also the time at which one does so. The expressions معاذ الله and عیاذ الله and عیاذا بالله are all synonymous with اعوذ بالله معاذا i.e. I seek protection or preservation by God (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

The verse clearly shows that the woman who sought to seduce Joseph failed in her efforts and that Joseph successfully resisted her temptation. The words, "He is my Lord," refer to God, and not to Joseph’s Egyptian master, as some commentators have wrongly supposed. It is difficult to imagine that a highly spiritual man like Joseph should have abstained from sin merely out of regard for the paltry favours of a human benefactor and not for the manifold Divine boons.

Whatever honour Joseph had received from his Egyptian master was really in fulfilment of God’s promises. So it was for the sake of his True Lord and Master that he followed the path of rectitude and refused to be seduced into sin, which would have amounted to an act of ingratitude far more towards God than to any human benefactor.

Joseph not only himself abstained from the heinous sin, but also warned his master’s wife against its evil consequences by saying that the wrongdoers never prosper. The expression راودته translated as "she sought to seduce him against his will," literally means, as shown under Important Words, "she endeavoured to turn him from his purpose or will by blandishment and artifice and make him yield to her against his disdainful noncompliance." This meaning shows that Joseph abhorred the evil deed to which she invited him and was determined not to yield.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

جس عورت کے گھر میں وہ تھا وہ اُس پر ڈورے ڈالنے لگی اور ایک روز دروازے بند کر کے بولی "آ جا" یوسفؑ نے کہا "خدا کی پناہ، میرے رب نے تو مجھے اچھی منزلت بخشی (اور میں یہ کام کروں!) ایسے ظالم کبھی فلاح نہیں پایا کرتے"

English - Sahih

And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allah. Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed."

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اورجس عورت کے گھر میں تھا وہ اسے پھسلا نے لگی اور دروازے بند کر لیے اور کہنے لگی لو آؤ اس نے کہا الله کی پناہ وہ تو میرا آقا ہے جس نے مجھے عزت سے رکھا ہے بے شک ظالم نجات نہیں پاتے

English - Talal Itani

And sought to seduce him she who, he (was) in her house from his self. And she closed the doors and she said, "Come on you." He said, "I seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, he (is) my lord (who has) made good my stay. Indeed, not will succeed the wrongdoers."

Chinese Commentary ^*

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

Now the woman in whose house he was solicited him, and closed the doors on them. 'Come,' she said, 'take me!' 'God be my refuge,' he said. 'Surely my lord has given me a goodly lodging. Surely the evildoers do not prosper.

English - Maududi

And it so happened that the lady in whose house Joseph was living, sought to tempt him to herself, and one day bolting the doors she said: "Come on now!" Joseph answered: "May Allah grant me refuge! My Lord has provided an honourable abode for me (so how can I do something so evil)? Such wrong-doers never prosper."

English - Ahmed Ali

But she in whose house he resided wished to seduce him and, closing the doors, said: "Come into me. "God forbid!" he said; "he is my master who has approved my stay. Surely those who act wrongly do not prosper."

English - Yusuf Ali

But she in whose house he was, sought to seduce him from his (true) self: she fastened the doors, and said: "Now come, thou (dear one)!" He said: "Allah forbid! truly (thy husband) is my lord! he made my sojourn agreeable! truly no good come those who do wrong!"

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

1527

Important Words:

راودته (she sought to seduce him). راود is derived from راد which means, he or it came and went; he went to and fro; he was restless; it also means, he sought or desired a thing; راوده means, he endeavoured or sought to turn him to or from a thing. راوده عن الامر means, he endeavoured to turn him by blandishment or by deceitful arts from the thing. راوده علی الامرmeans, he endeavoured to turn him by blandishment, etc., to the thing. The Quranic expression سنراود عنه اباہ means, we will endeavour to turn his father from him by blandishment or artifice and to make him yield him to us; or we will strive to obtain him of his father. So the words راودته عن نفسه would mean, she desired or sought of him a sinful act using blandishment or artifice for that purpose; she tempted him to do the sinful act; she endeavoured to entice him and to make him yield himself to her; more literally, she endeavoured to turn him by blandishment, etc., from his disdainful noncompliance or from his purpose and will. الرود really signifies going about in search of a thing. المراودة means, seeking to make a person do a thing against his will (Lane & Mufradat).

ھیت لك (now come). ھیت is a word of exclamation denoting wonder. The Arabs say ھیت للحلم i.e. what forbearing mildness or clemency! The word is used in the sense of ھلم or تعال or اقبل meaning, "come or come forward." It is also used to signify "hasten" and "set forth journeying." The words therefore mean, "come thou" or "now come." The words also signify, "come, I am ready for thee, or I am ready to receive thee" (Lane & Mufradat).

معاذ الله (I seek refuge with God). معاذ is the noun-infinitive from عاذ. They say عاذ به من کذا i.e. he sought protection by him from that or sought refuge in him from that; or he put his trust in him, or relied upon him, for protection from such a thing. معاذ means, a refuge; a place to which one has recourse for protection or preservation; also the time at which one does so. The expressions معاذ الله and عیاذ الله and عیاذا بالله are all synonymous with اعوذ بالله معاذا i.e. I seek protection or preservation by God (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

The verse clearly shows that the woman who sought to seduce Joseph failed in her efforts and that Joseph successfully resisted her temptation. The words, "He is my Lord," refer to God, and not to Joseph’s Egyptian master, as some commentators have wrongly supposed. It is difficult to imagine that a highly spiritual man like Joseph should have abstained from sin merely out of regard for the paltry favours of a human benefactor and not for the manifold Divine boons.

Whatever honour Joseph had received from his Egyptian master was really in fulfilment of God’s promises. So it was for the sake of his True Lord and Master that he followed the path of rectitude and refused to be seduced into sin, which would have amounted to an act of ingratitude far more towards God than to any human benefactor.

Joseph not only himself abstained from the heinous sin, but also warned his master’s wife against its evil consequences by saying that the wrongdoers never prosper. The expression راودته translated as "she sought to seduce him against his will," literally means, as shown under Important Words, "she endeavoured to turn him from his purpose or will by blandishment and artifice and make him yield to her against his disdainful noncompliance." This meaning shows that Joseph abhorred the evil deed to which she invited him and was determined not to yield.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

1370

Rawada-hu means, he endeavoured or sought to turn him to or from a thing by blandishments or deceitful arts (Lane).

1371

Haita meaning, 'come or come forward' or 'hasten,' and the expression haita laka means, 'come thou' or 'now come;' also, 'come I am ready for thee or I am ready to receive thee' (Lane & Mufradat).

1372

The verse shows that the woman who sought to seduce Joseph failed in her efforts and that Joseph successfully resisted her evil suggestion. The words, 'He is my Lord,' refer to God, and not to Joseph’s Egyptian master, as some Commentators have wrongly supposed.

English - Pickthall

And she, in whose house he was, asked of him an evil act. She bolted the doors and said: Come! He said: I seek refuge in Allah! Lo! he is my lord, who hath treated me honourably. Lo! wrong-doers never prosper.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And she in whose house he was, sought to seduce him, and made fast the doors and said: Come. He said: Allah forbid! Surely my Lord made good my abode. The wrongdoers never prosper.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

The woman in whose house he was sought to seduce him against his will. She bolted the doors of the house and said: Now come along. He protested: I seek refuge with Allah against any such thing. He is my Lord. He has made honourable provision for me. In truth the wrongdoers never prosper.

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